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PGL of Shropshire RW Bro. Roger Pemberton |
The United Grand Lodge of England announced earlier this month that RW Bro. Roger Pemberton will be the Prestonian Lecturer next year, delivering “Hogarth’s Masonic Satires: 200 Years of Misinterpretation.” Congratulations!
If the name rings a bell, you may remember his paper “Charles Shirreff: A Life of Disappointments,” published in Vol. 136 of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum in 2023—and presented in QC2076 on this very date in that year, incidentally.
English readers of The Magpie Mason might be acquainted personally with this Past Provincial Grand Master of the PGL of Shropshire. His bio-note at the conclusion of that paper in AQC reads:
Roger Pemberton was born in Cheshire and raised and in North Wales. He attended
Christ Church, Oxford where he gained an MA in English Literature. After a short spell teaching English in England and the Middle East, he ran an import and distribution company in the UK and Europe for thirty-two years. In retirement, he devotes much of his time to his office as Provincial Grand Master and Grand Superintendent for Shropshire, and with what little is left, he spends in pursuit of his interests in opera, Masonic research, literature and motorcycling.
Wishing this succeeding Prestonian Lecturer a fruitful tenure with enjoyable travels!
My thanks to Bro. Martin for sharing the news.
